Improvement in dumping-cars



H. s. BOWER.

DUMPING-CAR.

No. 191,827 Patented June12,1877.

INVENTUB ATTORNEYS.

WITNESSES N.PETER3. PHOTO-UTHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. 0 C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY S. BOWER, OF MULBERRY GROVE, KANSAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN DUMPlNG-CARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 191,827, dated J une12, 1877; application filed March 24, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY S. Bowen, ofMulberry Grove, in the county of Crawford and State of Kansas, haveinvented a new and Improved Dumping-Oar, of which the following is aspecification:

- In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a side elevation ofmy improved dumping-car, and Fig. 2 a vertical transverse section of thesame.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

The invention relates to an improved dumpin gear for the more rapiddischarging of grain, gravel. and other articles shipped in bulk; andthe invention consists of a car-body hinged to center posts of thetruck-frames, so as to swing to either side of the truck, the body beingsupported by hinged and braced posts at both sides of the centeruprights, which posts are swung. down at the proper side when dumping.Swinging rack-irons at the bottom of the car-body look into a slottedplate to retain the car in dumped position. The side boards of the carare hinged and locked in suitable manner.

In the drawing, A represents the body of a dumping-car, provided withhinged side boards B, that swing on side standards G, attached to thebottom of the car.

The side boards are retained in closed position bya locking mechanism,D, which is shown respectively in open and closed position in Fig. 1,and which is made of a hinged latch-piece a, bearing on the lower partof the side board, and retained thereon by a pivoted rest-piece, 1),below the same, and a lockingband and cross-pin d, attached to the piecea.

By withdrawing the pin the band is released, the rest piece and thelatch piece turned down, admitting thereby the swinging open of the sideboards for dumping. I

The car-body A rests. on center posts or uprights E of trucks E", beingpivoted thereto, so as to be swung to either side.

At both sides of the center posts E are arranged, on the truck-frames,hinged supporting-posts E, which are braced and locked in any suitablemanner into vertical position,

and readily swung down by releasing the braces when it is desired todump the car to either side.

The car-body is supported steadily on the center and side posts duringtransportation, and the side posts are released on that side to whichthe car is to be dumped when arriving at the point of destination, toallow the tilting over of the body. This is assisted by lever-bars F,that are hung to fixed staples or bands 0 at the bottom of the car, andlocked by cross-pins e, which are taken out when the bars are to beused, they being drawn out and used as levers for tilting the car fordumping, and for bringing the same back into horizontal position afterdumping.

Pendent rack-bars G are hung at the bottom of the car and guided in aslotted plate, G, for the purpose of locking the car-body in tiltedposition until the dumping operation is completed, so as to prevent theswinging back of the body before the contents are discharged.

Simultaneously with the tilting of the car the side-boards are swunginto open position, so as to be out of the way of the load. The quickdumping of the whole load requires less time for unloading, andfacilitates and expedites the shipping of gravel, coal, grain, andsimilar articles.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. The combination, with side board B, of the latch a,pivoted rest b, and cross-pin d, as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with a dumping carbody supported on central and sideposts, of the tilting-bars F, hung to staples c, and detachably lockedby cross-pins e, as and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination of the car-body. having pendent rack-bars, with theslotted guideplates of the truck-frame, to lock the car in a tiltingposition for dumping the load, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

HENRY S. BOWER.

Witnesses R. O. FREEMAN,

Tnos. MoOULLooH.

